Building construction



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'F. YOKEL I BUILDING- CONSTRUQTION Filed Sept. 20. 1919 2 Sheets Sheet 1 FIE-$1.1-

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F. YOKEL BUILDI NG CONSTRUCTION Filed Sept. 20, 1919 2 Sheets-Shee t 2 WITNESSES INVENITOR ldlthtlll li i1 r it s," sit/lo FRANK YOKEL, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed September 20, 1919. Serial No. 325,080.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK YoKnL, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building Construction, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in building constructions and more particularly to the construction of a moderate sized dwelling house.

Among the objects of the present invention are to provide a construction of the character described having an outer or exterior wall structure including appropriately shaped blocks, slabs, or bricks, assembled to form passagesfor air within the wall structure; a wall structure having vertically extending columns, preferably metallic, cooperating with said blocks, etc. to form an exterior wall possessing the desired. strength and capable of being rapidly built and at a low cost; and a. new and improved block, slab, or brick structure.

In. the accompanying drawings which illustrate an application of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a sectional plan, the section being taken on line 11 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view taken in the plane of line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4C, a detail perspective view of a portion of the outer wall, particularly the blocks employed and the manner of assembling them; and

Fig. 5, a perspective view of a preferred form of block.

As illustrated and as preferred, the outer or exteriorwalls of the building rest upon a suitable foundation 2, of concrete or other suitable material, said foundation extend ing upwardly the desired distance above the grade line 3.

It will, of course, be understood that the architectural design may be varied from that shown in the drawings without departing from my invention.

As shown, the outer walls of the building consist of wall structures comprising assembled blocks, slabs or bricks l, said blocks being formed on one face with projecting flanges 5; a series of outer L-shaped columns or members 6, and a series of similar inner members 7. Said members 6 and 7 are arranged at the corners of the building and extend upwardly from the foundation to the roof 7, the lower ends of said members 6 and 7 being embedded in the foundation. as particularly shown by Fig. 2. U-shaped columns may be employed in place of the shaped columns or members, or these members may have any other suitable cross section.

By providing the blocks, etc, with the flanges or projecting members and assem bling them in the manner shown, passages 8 are formed within the wall structures. These passages preferably extend upwardly throughout the height of the walls and form efficient air spaces within the walls, whereby a continuous circulation of air throughout the walls is effected.

9 designates L-members designed to be secured to columns or members 7, said members 9 being adapted to support laterally extending T-beams 10. 11 designates flooring and 12 furring strips interposed between the T-beams and the flooring.

The roof structure 13 may be of any desired construction. As shown, the roof rests upon the exterior walls.

Cement or other suitable material indicated by the numeral 14; is applied to the eX terior of the wall structure and plaster 15 tothe interior wall surface (see Fig. 1). A suitable number of openings 16 communicating with the interior of the building, below the first floor. and the passages within the wall are provided, thus permitting the passage of air into and out of the wall.

What I claim is:

1. A building wall comprised of parallel outer and interior tiers of bricks laid one upon the other in staggered relation, the bricks in each tier all being alike and like the bricks in the other tier, each brick having its inner side face provided with a recess disposed between flanges at opposite ends of the brick, the recess extending across the thickness of the brick and having a length substantially greater than half the length of the brick, whereby communicating fines are formed between the two tiers of bricks.

2. A. building wall comprised of parallel outer and interior tiers of bricks laid one upon the other in staggered relation, the bricks in each tier all being alike and like the bricks in. the other tier, each brick having its inner side face provided with a recess ment interposed between abutting ends, and

being laid one upon the other in such manner that one layer breaks joint with the adjacent layers, each brick in the wall being similar to substantially all the other bricks and having its inner side face provided with a recess disposed between flanges at opposite ends of the brick, the recess extending across the thickness of the brick and being of a depth considerably less than the width of the brick, said recess having a length greater than the distance across two abutting end flanges of adjacent bricks with the interposed cement, whereby the recess in one bricl: always communicates with the recesses in two bricks directly beneath when said bricks are laid to break joint.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence oi" twov witnesses.

FRANK YOKEL.

W'itnesses J. M. GEOGHEGAN, Lois VINEMAN. 

